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  • The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
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  • Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
  • In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
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Tag: Myanmar

October 17, 2023

Three Myanmar Teens Killed in Brutal...

Villagers found six bodies after an attack in Sagaing region’s Yinmarbin township, residents told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday.

October 9, 2023

Over 13,000 Flood Victims Relocated in...

Flooding in Myanmar has caused chaos across five regions, according to junta authorities, with 13,000 people in Bago region alone being relocated due to heavy rain.

October 6, 2023

Body Found in Myanmar’s Pale Township...

Myanmar’s junta killed a man as a convoy of troops moving through Sagaing region continued to raid villages and abduct residents, locals told Radio Free Asia Friday.

October 5, 2023

Thousands Flee Sagaing Region Townships After...

Almost 5,000 people have fled their homes after two days of raids on villages in Sagaing region’s Salingyi township, locals told RFA on Thursday.

September 21, 2023

90 Feared Dead After Myanmar Junta...

About 90 people, including students and teachers, were missing after a military junta supply boat sank in the Chindwin River in the northern Sagaing region after hitting a rock in the river, local residents told Radio Free Asia. 

September 16, 2023

How a Scam Ring Opened Shop...

Cyber scam operations have proliferated across Southeast Asia, with hundreds of thousands people believed to be involved — some voluntarily, many not — in cajoling, stealing or blackmailing billions of dollars annually from their victims, according to UN estimates. 

September 8, 2023

Junta Troops Kill 7 Defense Force...

Seven members of a local defense force were killed during a raid by junta troops on a Sagaing region base, a People’s Defense Force information officer told Radio Free Asia.

September 6, 2023

Junta Offers Villages, But Rohingya Won’t...

Myanmar’s junta has pledged to build 20 villages as part of a plan to repatriate thousands of Muslim Rohingya who fled a crackdown to neighboring Bangladesh, but members of the ethnic group say they don’t trust the regime and won’t accept the offer.

August 29, 2023

Junta Troops Snatch Villagers from Monastery,Kill...

Junta troops arrested six civilians who were sheltering in a monastery in Myanmar’s Sagaing region and killed four of them, locals told RFA Monday.

August 23, 2023

India Pushes Back Hundreds of Myanmar...

India has pushed back at least 300 hundred Burmese refugees who spilled across the border while fleeing fighting between Myanmar’s military and rebel forces, forcing them to shelter in makeshift tents near the border, refugees and aid workers said. 

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